Case Laws

CI Placement
Cochlear Implant
FAPE
IEP Violation
Life Skills
Providing FM
Related Services
Transportation

The topics on the left are Case Laws and Policy Letters issued by the Office of Special Education Programs. These can be extremely helpful when you are trying to determine services for your child's IEP.

Due Process Decisions from Missouri

Who Pays For Audiograms Used In Schools? It has come to our attention that many districts are not paying for the required audiograms for school purposes. Please read this information and realize you are not responsible for paying for audiograms required by the school district.

U. S. Supreme Court Decisions

Zobrest Vs. Catalina Foothills School District Petitioners, a deaf child and his parents, filed this suit after respondent school district refused to provide a sign language interpreter to accompany the child to classes at a Roman Catholic high school.
Florence County Sch. Dist. Four Vs. Carter After respondent Shannon Carter, a student in petitioner public school district, was classified as learning disabled, school officials met with her parents to formulate an individualized education program (IEP), as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. Shannon's parents requested a hearing to challenge the proposed IEP's appropriateness. In the meantime, Shannon's parents enrolled her in Trident Academy, a private school specializing in educating children with disabilities. After the state and local educational authorities concluded that the IEP was adequate, Shannon's parents filed this suit, claiming that the school district had breached its duty under IDEA to provide Shannon with a "free appropriate public education," §1401(a)(18), and seeking reimbursement for tuition and other costs incurred at Trident. The District Court ruled in the parents' favor, holding that the proposed IEP violated IDEA, and that the education Shannon received at Trident was "appropriate" and in substantial compliance with IDEA's substantive requirements, even though the school did not comply with all of the Act's procedures. Supreme court upheld the decision.

U. S. Supreme Court Decisions

Zobrest Vs. Catalina Foothills School District Petitioners, a deaf child and his parents, filed this suit after respondent school district refused to provide a sign language interpreter to accompany the child to classes at a Roman Catholic high school.

Circuit Court Decisions

United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit Court IDEA Violation

Whitehead Vs. Hillsborough Florida Jury Awards $600,000 to Parents of Disabled Child as the school district failed to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education and retaliated against the parents and the child.

21 IDELR 1107 Case dealing with Extended Year Services from the State of Maryland. Reusch vs. Fountain. Failure of district to provide FAPE to disabled students

Case Laws

Speech/life skill

Transportation

Armstrong v.Charlotte county school district Failure to provide appropriate interpreter services.

OSEP Policy Letters

Government Information on transportation and school bus safety.

LRE Least Restrictive Environment

Letter of Inquiry Extended School Year

Office of Special Education Programs Policy Letters More letters can be found here

OCR Letters (Office of Civil Rights)